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        <p>timeinsts — 
      Read absolute time in seconds.
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        <h2>Description</h2>
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      Read absolute time, in seconds, since the start of an instance of an instrument.
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        <pre class="synopsis">kres <span class="command"><strong>timeinsts</strong></span></pre>
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      Time in seconds is available with <span class="emphasis"><em>timeinsts</em></span>. This would return 0.5 after half a second.
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      <span class="emphasis"><em>timeinsts</em></span> produces a k-rate variable for output. There are no input parameters.
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      <span class="emphasis"><em>timeinsts</em></span> is similar to <a class="link" href="times.html" title="times"><em class="citetitle">times</em></a> except it returns the time since the start of this instance of the instrument.
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      Here is an example of the timeinsts opcode. It uses the file <a class="ulink" href="examples/timeinsts.csd" target="_top"><em class="citetitle">timeinsts.csd</em></a>.
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            <strong>Example 928. Example of the timeinsts opcode.</strong>
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            <p>See the sections <a class="link" href="UsingRealTime.html" title="Real-Time Audio"><em class="citetitle">Real-time Audio</em></a> and <a class="link" href="CommandFlags.html" title="Csound command line"><em class="citetitle">Command Line Flags</em></a> for more information on using command line flags.</p>
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<span class="csdtag">&lt;CsoundSynthesizer&gt;</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;CsOptions&gt;</span>
<span class="comment">; Select audio/midi flags here according to platform</span>
-odac     <span class="comment">;;;realtime audio out</span>
<span class="comment">;-iadc    ;;;uncomment -iadc if realtime audio input is needed too</span>
<span class="comment">; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below:</span>
<span class="comment">; -o timeinsts.wav -W ;;; for file output any platform</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;/CsOptions&gt;</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;CsInstruments&gt;</span>

<span class="ohdr">sr</span> <span class="op">=</span> 44100
<span class="ohdr">ksmps</span> <span class="op">=</span> 32
<span class="ohdr">nchnls</span> <span class="op">=</span> 2
<span class="ohdr">0dbfs</span>  <span class="op">=</span> 1

giSine <span class="ohdr">ftgen</span> 0, 0, 2^10, 10, 1

<span class="oblock">instr</span> 1

kvib <span class="opc">init</span> 1
ktim <span class="opc">timeinsts</span>				<span class="comment">;read time </span>

<span class="octrl">if</span> ktim <span class="op">&gt;</span> 2 then			<span class="comment">;do something after 2 seconds</span>
   kvib <span class="opc">oscili</span> 2, 3, giSine		<span class="comment">;make a vibrato</span>
<span class="octrl">endif</span>

asig <span class="opc">poscil</span> .5, 600<span class="op">+</span>kvib, giSine	<span class="comment">;add vibrato</span>
     <span class="opc">outs</span> asig, asig

<span class="oblock">endin</span> 
<span class="csdtag">&lt;/CsInstruments&gt;</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;CsScore&gt;</span>

<span class="stamnt">i</span> 1 0 5
<span class="stamnt">e</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;/CsScore&gt;</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;/CsoundSynthesizer&gt;</span>
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      <a class="link" href="timeinstk.html" title="timeinstk"><em class="citetitle">timeinstk</em></a>, <a class="link" href="timek.html" title="timek"><em class="citetitle">timek</em></a>, <a class="link" href="times.html" title="times"><em class="citetitle">times</em></a>
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            <td>Author: Robin Whittle</td>
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            <td>May 1997</td>
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